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TOY PISTOL. No. 286,455. Patented Oct. 9, 1883 WITNESSES INYENTOR [/WKa rY zz #0 '23 ATTORNEYS.

HENRY S. LOCKWOOD, SOUTH NO THE LOOKWOOD MANUFAGTU TOY P SPECIFICATION forming-part of Letters PATENT OFFICE,

RWV ALK, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO RING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

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Patent No. 286,455, dated October 9, 1883.

Application tiled January 24, 1883. (ModeL) To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HENRY S. LOCKWOOD, of South N orwalk, county of Fairfield, Con necticut, have invented a new and Improved Toy Pistol, of which the following is a full,

clear, and exact description..

My invention relates to that class of toy pistols used for'exploding paper caps, and seeks to provide a pistol that shall be perfectly safe and harmless; and it consists in causing the explosion to take place in front of a plate or cup. I

Refenn' e is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this application, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, of a toy pistol made in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same; and Fig. 3 isa front elevation of the plate or cup, in front of or in which the explosion takes place, removed from the pistol.

The main body of the pistol, the lock mechanism, and the hammer A are of the ordinary construction.

B is the anvil for exploding the caps, and O is a plate placed between the anvil and hanr mer A. This plate is preferably cupped, as shown at a, and is preferably made movable by hinging it, as shown, between the side plates of the pistol, so that it may be moved away from the anvil for placing in it the cap to be exploded. When the hammer is brought back for firing, plate C may be made to fall back to the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2, to rereleased it will strike the plate C and carry it forward with sufficient force against the anvil to explode the cap; or a small spring may be employed for holding the cupped plate con- 0 stantly against the anvil, except when brought back for putting in the cap.

Arranged in this manner the pistol Willgive a lender report, as the plate forms a sounder and confines the cap at the time of explosion, and at the same time the operator isfully protected against the dust and particles ofthe cap that are projected by the explosion, as the full force of the explosion' is thrown forward and away from the operator by the internal 5o shape of the cup, thus making the pistol p'erfectly harmless.

I am aware that toy pistols havebeen made with a recess at the breech of the barrel, a project-ing anvil or nipple on an intermediate hammer and the main hammer, the projecting nipple on .the intermediate hammer being adapted to explodcthe cap against the bottom of the recess in the barrel; also, that it is not new to use an intermediate recessed hammer or breech-block.

I claim- A toy pistol having the cup a arranged on a hinged plate between the hammer and anvil, said cup being adapted to carry the cap against the anvil and cause a louder explosion than usual, as described.

HENRY S. LOCK \VOOD.

ceive the cap, and so that when the hammer is WASHINGTON YOUNGS. 

